Description: ‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English mediaeval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her love for Launcelot – is signed by the artist and dated 1891. Norman Prescott-Davies studied at the Royal College of Art, Lambeth School of Art, and at Heatherley's. He then worked in London as a portrait and figure painter, especially in miniature, a discipline that well-suited his eye for detail and painstaking precision. Prescott-Davies’ technical exactitude and occasional choice of Arthurian subjects has prompted comparisons to the Pre-Raphaelite painters of a generation earlier, but the artist is more accurately placed with the ‘Olympian School’ of late 19th century painters of ancient Pompeian subjects such Lord Leighton and Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema.Norman Prescott-Davies was elected Associate of the Royal College of Art in 1891, and a full member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1893 and of the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1912. Today, works by Prescott-Davies are in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery and the Williamson Gallery & Museum in Liverpool.Academy Fine Paintings only offers artwork for sale in the finest condition it can be for its age, having been professionally cleaned, conserved, and re-varnished. Clients should also note that tracked and signed for international shipping is complimentary.Dimensions: (framed) 51cm x 64cm (20” x 26¼”)Dimensions: (canvas only) 38cm x 51cm (15” x 20”)Medium: Oil on canvas.Provenance: Private UK collection.Presentation: Fine quality gold metal leaf frame. Condition: Very good. Professionally cleaned, restored, and re-varnished. Ready to hang.
Price: 15950 GBP
Location: Gerrards Cross
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Artist: Norman Prescott-Davies
Signed By: Norman Prescott-Davies
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Title: Guinevere
Period: Victorian (1830-1900)
Material: Oil
Framing: Framed
Subject: Costumes, England, Figures, Ladies, Mythology, Women, Fashion, History, People, Portrait, Social History
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Style: Figurative Art, Portraiture, Realism, Traditional
Features: Framed, Signed
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Unit Quantity: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
